Seems they’re doing the complete opposite of free to play... https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/...gbp12-a-month-subscription-called-fallout-1st
Elder Scrolls Online had this kind of service for years when became stand alone as ESO plus. It was absolutely expected to happen sooner or later for extra income. ESO sales were far inferior to Skyrim's. Fallout 4 is the most successful game in sales terms at Bethesda's recent history. FO76 did not provide enough money like ESO. I think it is a fair move for their sake to be honest. We reap what we sow.
Maybe they thought: "Wait a minute, The Outer Worlds can be bought for $1, let's offer a better deal for Fallout 76!"
ESO is better than Skyrim and FO76 is better than FO4. We should be more careful with our decisions. Our denial of their newer services, made them to take not so good decisions either.
Thats procreating bold and foolish of them at the same time. Im through with them anway. They are never going to get a dime from me again. Things which people love to have had at release are now behind a shady p2w mechanic/pass/sub, call it whatever you want. Seems like they are in desperate need of another shitstorm
You know what's funny? All these players on Reddit spewing bile right now, and 5-6 years from now they will buy Starfield/TES6 on Day One!
Gamers who love playing will pay. Like ESO is truly tiring and unplayable without its plus service, you always run out of inventory space without crafting bag. It was never meant to be truly free despite paying the game once. Welcome to the new money world crybabes. Grow up.
The thing I think needs to be pointed out is that "Private Worlds" were promised at launch in a roadmap, it was never mentioned that people who purchased the game at full price would have to pay additional money via a "subscription service" to be able to play the game that they already purchased, I am assuming most people like myself just thought this would mean running the game on their own computer and a friend would be able to join and play the game together. Also this is the most disgusting way Bethesda have come up with to make people pay Bethesda to have the PRIVILEGE of using Mods. I really want to swear but the forum censors words... :x *edit* The official Bethesda Studios twitter announcement has some interesting responses.. https://twitter.com/BethesdaStudios/status/1187036397263347713
I'm just going to sit back with a hot cup of coffee and watch the next controversy unfold on yongyea's youtube channel.
Someone might find this funny ( I am ). But Bethesda forgot to secure the fallout first domain, so someone has bought it and is using it to, just generally trash talk the subscription asked for; http://falloutfirst.com/ Spoiler: FF